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Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster  (1965)
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Nomination Year: 2024
SYNOPSIS: Aliens from a dying world come to Earth in their flying saucer to kidnap women to repopulate their race. You know, like you do. The "Space Monster" is a mutant creature they brought along, but keep locked up in a cell. There is no "Frankenstein." Just a damaged android developed by Drs. Adam Steel and Karen Grant, designed to take the risks astronauts otherwise would, and who fell to Earth when his rocket crashed. The ineffectual aliens are eventually defeated and the damsels rescued.
Bryan Cassidy
Smithee Award Nominations
Most Ludicrous Premise
Whatever-the-Hell Planet Needs Women
The aliens are from an unnamed planet they wrecked with nuclear war. Now they need our women. Of course!
Stupidest-Looking Monster
Meet the Space Monster
The space monster is really a stupid rubber suit. And who's inside? Crispin Glover's dad! That makes it EXTRA creepy!
Crummiest Ending
Ship Blows Up, They All Die
Our heroine faceplants, but gets rescued. The aliens try to get away using stock footage. But "Frankenstein" commandeers a ray gun and blows up everyone and everything, aliens, spacemonster, himself...cut to: THE END.
Worst Acting
Dr. Nadir, Vampire Midget Guy
Lou Cutell's over-the-top performance is made even better by the voice-over-stock-footage middle.
Directors
Director Claim to Fame
Robert Gaffney Other than a couple of old shorts, just directed Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
Cast
Actor Character Claim to Fame
James Karen Dr. Adam Steele Prolific actor you probably know as the "HE LEFT THE BODIES" land developer from Poltergeist, but has done a lot more, like Frank in Return of the Living Dead and Wally Brown in Mulholland Drive and Martin Frohm in The Pursuit of Happyness. Voice many commercials. 
Marilyn Hanold Princess Marcuzan Bombshell who was a murdered callgirl in The Brain/Head That Would Not Die. Sadly never made it much bigger than eye candy bit parts on TV shows. 
Nancy Marshall Karen Grant Some small TV parts in the '50s and '60s. Was an uncredited schoolteacher in To Kill a Mockingbird
Lou Cutell Dr. Nadir Little person who was the Amazing Larry in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Dr. Brainard in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and the Deacon in Little Big Man
Robert Reilly "Col. Frank Saunders"/"Frankenstein" Bob Clayfield in Lilith
Bruce Glover Martian Crewmember / Space Monster (Uncredited) Was in Diamonds Are Forever (Mr. Wint), Chinatown (Duffy), and Hard Times (Doty). Father of actor/writer/filmmaker/crackpot weirdo Crispin Glover. 
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